Kat Wright and the Indomitable Soul Band visited WKCR for an interview and performance on October 3rd, 2015. The band talked about their influences, their creative process, & how they came together as a group in Burlington, VT.
David Felix Sutcliffe is the director of (T)ERROR, one of the top prize winners at the Sundance Film Festival. (T)ERROR is the first documentary to document an FBI counterterrorism Sting Operation. It unfolds like a thriller as co-directors Sutcliffe and Lyric Cabral shadow informant Saeed Torres, a 63-year old former Black Panther. Viewers get an inside look at the government’s counterterrorism operations and the murky waters they often tread.
Tobias Lindholm's recent movie "A War" tells the story of Danish soldiers in Afghanistan, and the personal story of how one Danish family is effected by the choices made in battle. In this interview the director talks about his commitment to realism in film and the serendipitous moments that working with non-actors can create.
Emma, Jane Austen’s 4th published novel, celebrates 200 years of publication this year. Kerri Spennicchia and Laurie Morison from the Jane Austen Society of North America are in studio to talk about this beloved novel, the delightful but infuriating Emma Woodhouse, and why we still love to read the timeless Jane Austen.
Organizers of Black History Month at Columbia talk about their programming around this year's theme, based on a poem by Amiri Baraka.
Meena Ardebili speaks with photographer Jim Cummins. He's best known for the album covers of Jimi Hendrix, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Janis Joplin, and many others. He has a new show opening at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in SoHo, where select photographs from his large body of work will be displayed. In this interview, Cummins talks about his start in the arts, and how his background in arts influenced his start in photography.
William Hooker is an improvisational musician. His performance alongside Oscar Micheax's film "Between Our Gates" premiered at Joe's Pub in New York City on March 6th.
Danielle Fox interviews director Maisie Crow, director of the film "Jackson" about the last abortion clinic in Mississippi.
Musician Anais Mitchell and actor Nabiyah Be talk about the New York Theater Workshop production of "Hadestown," a musical Mitchell wrote based on the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Nabiyah Be stars as Eurydice in the play, which is running at the NYTW until July 31, 2016.
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